Labor Invests British Statesmen Threaten Labor Council
London reports warn of a labor council of action forming to direct general strikes and pressure Lloyd George. Officials debate a government challenge or early election as a coal strike looms next month. The People accuses labor extremists of war on constitutional government and rejects a labor government in disguise.
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London
Council of Action
Lloyd George
Commons
Laborites
No Worms in a Healthy Child Tonic Advertisement
A vintage ad promotes Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic as a health aid for children with intestinal worms. It claims regular use for two to three weeks will enrich blood, improve digestion, and strengthen the whole body, helping the child recover health. Priced at 60 cents per bottle.
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Grove
Greenville Post Office Raised to First Class Status
Greenville August 14 The Greenville post office has been raised to first class and an additional carrier has been authorized Receipts for this quarter were 12569 24 dollars.
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Greenville
Cardus touted as lifesaver by a patient at Rouse City
Mrs Mary Kilman of Rouse City Texas says a painful side illness after childbirth left her bedridden for three months until Cardus, taken as prescribed, cured her. She credits three bottles with restoring her health and urges others to try the tonic for headaches, back pain, and monthly discomforts.
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Cardus
Labor Council Endorses Pat Neff for Texas Governor
The Dallas Central Labor Council delegates meeting at the Labor Temple endorsed Pat Neff for Governor of Texas. W M Reilly presided as president, with about sixty of sixty unions represented. Neff support aimed at statewide union backing. W A Johnson for Lieutenant Governor and W E Hawkins for Associate Justice also endorsed.
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Dallas
Dallas Central Labor Council
Pat Neff
Texas
Labor Temple
W. M. Reilly
Neff
Reilly
W. A. Johnson
W. E. Hawkins
The
Supreme Court
Hogwallow Notes Mix Quips and Local Color
A collection of small town vignettes from Hogwallow including remarks by Cricket Hicks about rain and hats, depot rumors, a porch sighting of Oscar, Miss Rosy Mosely’s etiquette book progress, the Columbus Allsop fire rescue, Washington Hocks’ political musings, a birthday dinner for Hog Ford’s preacher, a dull store day with a meat barrel visitor, Yam Sims’ bird eye view, Sile Kilden’s cottoned ear at a public talk, and hair tonic raids at Tickville barbershop with dogs and a quartet anecdote.
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Cricket Hicks
Ellick Hellwanger
Tickville
Oscar Somebody
Wild Onion
Oscar
Rosy Mosely
Columbus Allsop
Sidney Hocks
Washington Hocks
Hog Ford
Calf Ribs
Yam Sims
Sile Kilden
Bounding Billows
Sim Flinders
Sim
Local Folklore and Oddities Noted in Town
A traveling milliner seller is spotted polishing nails by Bounding Billows. Sid Hocks pursues a search for a powder puff suspect. A Rye Straw storekeeper and Yam Sims almost close a deal when Yam visits the door. Atlas Peek notes a housing shortage but flies thrive. The Wild Onion teacher is considered poetically inclined. Hog Ford church’s post revival peace persists. Clair Hancock awaits a factory delay notice after a month. He suggests hiring an extra man for a new customer.
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Sid Hocks
Yam Sims
Yam
Atlas Peek
Hog Ford
Clair Hancock
Clair
Laxa tive brom quinine advert promises calm head relief
An advertisement touts Laxa tive brom quinine as superior to ordinary quinine offering tonic and laxative effects without nervousness or head ringing. It urges readers to remember the full name and seek the signature of E. W. Grove. The Sun charges 30 cents and $1.50 a year in advance.
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E. W. Grove
Galveston Strikers Willing to Settle
Galveston longshoremen from four coastwise locals vote to return to work if steamship owners dismiss strike breakers on docks. A conference with Morgan and Mallory line agents will be sought, with 1,500 dockworkers affected and only about 100 leaving the city for other jobs.
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Galveston
Morgan and Mallory Lines
J. H. Fricke
International Longshoremen’s Association For
South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District
The Forgotten Man and the Steady Individual
The piece defines the forgotten man as the worker who pays bills raises children and saves a little while never asking charity or courting trouble. It portrays him as the backbone who keeps going through good and bad times on his own momentum.
The Forgotten Man in War and Peace
A reflective portrait of the Forgotten Man as the ordinary citizen who pays taxes, supports public institutions, and endures shifts in governance. He is self-reliant, steady, and remains a dependable figure through war, peace, prosperity, and recession, a stabilizing presence despite national turmoil.
Truth and Humor Colyums Reflect Bride Tone in Tran Script
The piece surveys newspaper colyums with a playful rule about traditions of weddings. It notes a 75 percent resemblance to a bride's ring and references the Boston Tran script. The writing explores contrasts of old and new and the absence of blue in common lines.
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Boston Transcript
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Hunt
Dyer & Jones
Rouse City, Tex
Mary Kil
Manning & Clark Hardware
Labor Council
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Hogwallow News
the Sun
Colyums
Vereea
Ford Mechanics
Ford
Sears Auto Company
Whitewright, Texas
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